Comments on: Is iPhone price cut a mistake?

By: Late Adopter

Late Adopter — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:33:11 +0000

You want sooner, you pay more. Period. Get over it and get on with your miserable iFan life.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:45:16 +0000

The price slash seems too early to me. Certainly a price cut would come, but after only 2 months? That’s a good way to alienate your customer base that paid the full price. Apple now is on the defensive regarding the price cut.

http://www.growyourfunds.com/2007/09/apple_aapl_put_on_the_defensiv_1.html

By: Just my two cents

Just my two cents — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:26:56 +0000

When will people learn that it is common practice for Apple to either kill off an older model, or render it worthless with new products?

I still remember when they just about killed most of the local Computer stores across the US when they pulled the plug on the “new” Apple IIGS… A good friend of mine, and a computer shop owner who had just sold over 100 Apple II GSs to the local school system, ended up loosing his business with the school district when Apple announced that it was dumping the II series (If I remember correctly, it was only 6 months after the release of the IIGS).

Later, as time passed by, how many Mac systems have been rendered out-dated or over priced due to major changed in OSs and the switch over to Intel based systems?

Sure the timing is not the best (especially for the newer phone), but a non-phone iPhone was bound to come by sooner or later, and as for the upgrade in memory, it was bound to happen.

The over priced iPhone comming down? It happenes all of the time, get over it!

As an iPod user, I can say that I am just happey that they didn’t dump the entire iPod line and iStore Services, to purely support their new iPod series, and force every iPod user to buy a new iPod, just so that they don’t loose all of the music they bought from the iStore.

Just my two cents…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:52:08 +0000

Like I said, Oh those Macolytes. You got to love ‘em =)

By: Sirocco

Sirocco — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:09:37 +0000

Wired’s Terrence Russell’s points are gibberish. The first 2 months of iPhone sales was market research. The price cuts were inevitable, and they’re exactly what I predicted would be the bulk of the Sept 5 announcement, along with the 16 gig device. The iPhone was already way overpriced! If Apple wants their iphones or ipods to be a universal standard, as well it probably should be, the price must be affordable – even now it’s a bit high, especially the AT&T service plans, which are, IMHP, exorbitant. People who already pay $30-$40/month and more for residential net access shouldn’t have to pay that much again for less frequently used access. There needs to be a cap on how much an individual should pay for net access – the cost basis shouldn’t be “per device”.

By: Not another AT&T Customer

Not another AT&T Customer — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:27:46 +0000

Yeh but why should AT&T pay for Apple’s mistakes?

By: Another AT&T Customer

Another AT&T Customer — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:04:08 +0000

I called and pleaded my case with AT&T customer service this morning, they promised to credit $200 to my next bill, let us see, I will believe it when I see the money. I have been a loyal AT&T customer for >2years, and bought an 8gb i”phoney” on July 12 at a local ATT store. Everybody is a winner if they can reimburse all early adopters

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:03:03 +0000

Oh those Macolytes. You got to love ‘em =)

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:36:17 +0000

normally apple don’t lower prices when a model is released it is at a fixed price for life. this price is then only updated when the new version is released.

By: AT&T Customer

AT&T Customer — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:35:05 +0000

Somebody obviously bought an iPhone and it’s clouding their view. Point by point:

1. Stuff costs more up front and gets cheaper later. Live with it. ALL technology products are like that. I paid $300 each for two 40 MB hard drives. Yes ‘M”, nit ‘G’. I’m over it. You want sooner, you pay more.

2. Cannibalizing their own sales is an oxymoron. A company WANTS to “cannibalize” their own sales, it’s much better than having other companies do it first. There is no reason that they should care which of their products someone buys so long as it’s their products. Their iPod sales have been drooping and needed a boost.

3. See #1 above. Also one may recall that when the iPhone came out those who take things apart stated (and it was in the news channels) that the iPhone’s margins at Apple were particularly high, more than traditional for them. So it’s not so much a big discount now as much as being over-priced earlier trying to leverage the new touch UI.

4. How does AT&T or it’s customers get short changed? The iPhone had *NO* ringtone ability previous to this, how does adding it shortchange anybody? Especially AT&T’s customers? I’m an AT&T customer (but have a Moto phone where I can make and use my own MP3 ringtones for free), why am I short changed?